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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED N. HEINE AND WV'ILLIAM K. H. WVOERNER, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

w'PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 497,177, dated May 9,1893.

Application filed July 15, 1892. Serial No. 440,136. (No model- To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that We, ALFRED N. I-IEINE and WILLIAM K. H. WOERNER, bothof Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and Improved Type-\Vriting Machine, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to improvements in typewriters, and the object ofour invention is to produce a cheap, durable and simple machine whichmay be easily and rapidly operated, which requires but little skill tosuccessfully operate it, which is provided with a peculiar form of typebar adapted to carry a great number of characters and to be cheaply andnicely made, which also has a convenient arrangement for moving thecarriage backward and forward, and on which the printing may be seen asfast as made.

To these ends,ourinvention consists in certain featuresof constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is a vertical cross section on the line 11 in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 isa broken plan View of the machine with the inking roller and carriageremoved. Fig. 3 isabroken end View of the machine. Fig. 4 is a frontelevation of the same. Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation of theplaten and carriage, looking on the inner side of the same. Fig. 6isadetail plan view of theinkingmechanism. Fig. 7 is a detailperspective view of the prismatic type bar. Fig. Sis a detail plan view011 a reduced scale of the swinging frame used for actuating the typebar. Fig. 9 isa detail plan view on a reduced scale of the rod and yokewhich carry the type bar. Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view of thecarriage actuatiugspacing levers, on the line 10-1O in Fig. 2. Fig. 11is a broken detail side elevation of the spacing keys or levers; andFig. 12 is a broken perspective view showing in detail the arrangementof the space keys and their connections.

The machine is provided with a suitable frame 10, of a generallyrectangular shape,

which is secured to a base 11,and fulcrumed in this frame near the backside is a vertically swinging frame 12, having on opposite sides andnear its back end, trunnions 13, which are journaled in the frame 10. Atype rod 14 extends longitudinally of the machine above the swingingframe 12, and is held to swing at right angles to the swinging frame,this rod being seen red to or formed integrally with a yoke 15, (seeFigs. 2 and 9) which yoke has side arms 16 and 17 pivoted at their freeends to fixed arms-18, which project inward from the frame 10, as bestshown in Fig. 2. The arm 17 is longer than the arm 16, and its free endextends farther inward and serves as a crank, this arm being pivoted toa depending rod 19, shown clearly in Fig. 1, and the latter at its lowerend is secured to an inwardly extending arm 20, which is in turnfastened to the back side of the swinging frame 12. It will be seentherefore, that when the swinging frame 12 is depressed, the movementwill be communicated to the type rod 14, and the latter will also swingdownward, but at right angles to the frame 12.

The type rod 14 carries a hollow prismatic type bar 21, which forms anessential feature of this invention, the bar being provided with anynecessary number of faceted sides on which are produced the desiredcharacters, such as letters, figures, punctuation marks, &c., and thesecharacters are preferably electrotypes. The bar is held to slide andturn on the type rod, and it has at one end a flange 22, in which areradial slots 23, adapted to receive the guide bar 24:, which extendsparallel with the type rod 14:, and which at one end is secured to adouble crank 25, which is fulcrumed on the yoke 15, so that the guidebar will swing in unison with the type rod 14 and type bar 21.

One arm of the crank 25 connects with a pitman 26, which extendsdownward, as best shown in Fig. 1, and this pitman at its lower end isbent outward, as shown at 26" in Fig. 2, and is secured to a double key27 which swings on the central fulcrum 28, and by pressing the key oneway or other, the gpide bar 24. is tilted and made to turn the-type bar21, so as to bring it into position for upper or lower case printing asdesired. Another key 29, having a greater movement is provided with ashank 30, which is secured to the key 27, and by depressing this key 29,the type bar may be turned farther so as to bring other characters, suchas figures, into printing position. The keys are normally pressed by aspring 31, so as to hold the machine in position for lower caseprinting, and they have studs 32 on their under sides, which limit theirmovements.

The longitudinal movement of the type bar 21, as well as its downwardmovement and consequently the printing of the machine, are regulated byahandle 33, which projects from the front side of the machine and issecured to a rearwardly extending elbow lever 34, the upper arm 35 ofwhich extends in a nearly vertical position, and has a knife edge on itsfront side which engages a rack 36, and the rack and knife edge assistin giving perfect alignment. The lever 34 has near its front end and onthe under side another knife edge 37, which is adapted to move downwardbetween the spring fingers 38, shown best in Fig. 4, these fingershaving. tapering upper ends which assist in guiding the lever to place,and they are arranged beneath an index plate 39 and register with thecharacters on the plate. This index plate 39 ex tends longitudinally andhorizontally across the front portion of the machine, and on its faceare produced all the characters printed by the machine. It will be seenthat the two knife edged parts 35 and 37 provide for perfect centeringand aligning.

The lever 34 is pivoted at its elbow on a depending arm 40 of thehorizontally sliding frame 41, which moves on parallel rods 42, whichextend longitudinally through the front portion of the machine, and thelever 34 is held to move accurately on the frame 41 by a keeper plate43, which is secured to a depending front portion 43 of the frame, thelever being held to move between the keeper and the frame. The frame 41and lever 34 move together, and the frame has nearits front end aforwardly-extending bent hand or pointer 44, which moves over the indexplate 39 and indicates when the printing lever 34 is in the correctposition to print a desired character.

Near the rear end of the frame is an outwardly-extending arm 45, whichterminates at its upper end in horizontally and rearwardly-extendingjaws 46, which project beneath the rack 36, and one of which is providedwith a slot 47, on which the upper arm 35 ofthe lever 34 is held tomove. The jaws 46 are pivoted on a screw 48, which also serves to holdthem in position. The plate 46 is also slot-ted on its back edge andmade to engage the flange 22 of the type bar 2l. It will be seen then,that bygrasping the handle 33, the lever 34 and frame 41 may be movedbackward and forward, thus carrying the type bar 21 and bringing itintoadesired position, and as the lever 34 extends across and rests uponthe front edge of the swingingframe 12, when the lever is depressed itcarries with it the swinging frame, thus operating also the type bar 21and swinging it downward upon the platen as hereinafter described, so asto print a character on the paper carried by the platen.

The inking of the type bar is effected bya roller 49 (see Figs. 3 and 6)which is carried at the front end of a bent spring wire 50, andthelatter is secured to the free end of a swinging lever 51, which nearits lower end is fulcrumed as shown at 52, on a lug 53 of the frame 10,and which at its extremelower end is pivoted, as shown at 53, to theswinging frame 12. This roller is adapted to enter an ink box 54 whichinks it, and the latter is secured by means of an arm 55 to the upperportion of the frame 10. WVhen the frame 12 is depressed, the lever 51is tilted and the roller 49 pushed into the ink box, and when the levercomes back to place, the roller is brought head against the undersurface of the type bar, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to ink the same, andthe longitudinal movementof the type bar will cause the roller to moveover the type.

The machine has on one side a movable carria-ge 56, which at one edge isprovided with a depending flange 57, on which a roller 5Sis journaled,this roller being held to run on the base 11, as shown in Fig. 4, andthe opposite edge of the carriage has a slide 59, which moves in agroove in the block carried by the base. A support 61 is secured to theinner side of the block 60, and in this support is journaled a roller62, which runs upon the inner edge of the carriage, as shown in Fig. 5,and prevents the carriage from lifting. The carriage has at the endsupwardly ex tending arms 63, in which the platen 64 is journaled, andthe platen shaft has at one end a knob 65 by which it may be turned, andalso a ratchet wheel 66 which engages apawl 67 and is used to make theline spaces in the usual way.

Abutting against the inner face of theplaten are upwardlyextendingspring fingers 68,

which are produced on a spring plate 69 secured to the carriage, andthese fingers serve to hold the paper in place upon the platen. Thepaper is also guided and held smooth by a roller 70, which presses uponthe outer face of the platen, this roller being journaled in curved arms71, which are pivoted on the arms 63, and the arms have outwardlyextending lugs 72, which are pressed upward by a spring 73 secured tothe carriage, and the roller is thus held in close contact with theplaten. The platen and carriage are arranged at right angles to the typebar 21', and in a way to bring the platen beneath the type-bar, andconsequently when the latter is depressed, it will strike upon theplaten.

The carriage 56 has on its inner side a 1ongitudinal rack 75, with teethon its lower edge, and these teeth engage studs 76 and 77 on a swingingarm 78, and the latter is pivoted at the center on a shaft 79, whichextends inward and is journaled in a lever 80, which is fuland overlapsthe lever.

crumed at one end, as shown at 81 on one side of the frame 10, and thelever is normally pressed upward by a spring 82, this spring beingsufficiently stiff to raise the frame 12 and hold it normally elevated,the connection between the lever and frame being by a stud 83, whichextends laterally from the frame This arrangement enables the spring 82to hold the frame up, and also enables the depression of the frame toactuate the lever and move the carriage in the proper manner asdescribed below.

The studs 76 and 77 are held to move in side notches 84 and 849,,whichare produced at opposite sides of a recess 85 of a sliding plate 86,which plate is longitudinally slotted, as shown at 87 in Fig. 3, and isheld to slide on screws 88 which extend through the slots and into theframe 10. This plate has also near one end an inclined slot 89,whichreceives the pointed end 90 of a spacing lever 91, which extendsalong the back side of the machine and projects from one end of theframe, this lever being fulcrumed as shown at 92, between lugs 93 on theframe, and at one end it terminates in a key or finger piece 94.Parallel with this lever is a similar lever 95, which is fulcrumed alsoat 92, and which terminates at one end ina key 96 arranged near the key94:.

The shorter end 97 of the lever 95 extends beneath one end of the lever98, which is fulcrumed to the frame 10, as shown at 99 in Fig. 12, andextends at right angles to the levers 91 and 95. The lever 95 haspreferably on its upper side and at its free end a stud 95 whichcontacts with the lever 98. The lever 98 overlaps both levers 91 and 95,as shown in Fig. 3, so that the movement of these will tilt the lever98. The inner end of the lever 98 extends above the shaft 79 on whichthe shifting arm 78 is fulcrumed, and consequently the tilting of thislever 98 Will move the shifting arm and carriage as hereinafterdescribed. The lever 98 is widened at a point where it bears on theshaft 79, as shown at 100 in Fig. 2, and the levers 91 and 95 whichengage the lever 98 are normally pressed downward by a spring 101.

The operation of the machineis as follows: The paper to be printed uponis rolled upon the platen 64 so as to be held between the platen and thespring fingers 68 and beneath the roller 7 O, and then the operatorgrasps the handle 33, moves it to the character to be printed and thendepresses it. The longitudinal movement of the handle moves the type bar21 into the correct position as already described, and the depression ofthe handle swings down the frame 12, and carries with it the type bar,thus bringing the latter downward upon the platen 64 so as to print acharacter on the paper. When the frame is moved downward the stud 83engages the lever 80, and presses downward upon the lever, and thelatter carries down the shaft 79 and the shifting arm 78. The slidingplate 86 will be in the position shown in Fig. 3, and consequently thestud 76 will be held in the notch 84, while the stud 77 will passdownward. This will bring the stud 76 into engagement with positedirection however, the key 9411s depressed, thus tilting the levers 91and 98, but before the lever 98 is pressed sufficiently to actuate theshaft 79 and the shifting arm 78, the short end of the lever 9l, actingonl the inclined wall of the slot 89, moves the plate 86 so as to bringthe stud 77 into the notch 84 and the stud 76 and consequently theshifting arm, will be moved in the opposite direction to that abovedescribed, and a like reverse movement will be given to the carriagerack and carriage.

Having thus described our invention, .we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A type-writer, comprising a stationaryframe, a swinging frame journaled thereon, a swinging type rod carriedby the swinging frame and adapted to swing at right angles thereto, aflanged type bar held to slide on the type rod and having charactersproduced on its sides and a slot in its flange, a guide rod arrangedparallel with the type rod and adapted to enter the slot of the type barflange, a key mechanism for rotating the guide rod and type bar, akey-operated lever mechanism for moving the type bar longitudinally, anda movable platen arranged beneath and at right angles to the type bar,substantially as described.

2. A typewriter, comprising a stationary frame having an index platethereon, a swinging yoke held to swing at right angles to the swingingframe and actuated by the move ment of the swinging frame, a type rodcar ried by the yoke, a sliding and revoluble type bar mounted on thetype rod, a movable platen held beneath and at right angles to the typebar, a sliding frame held to move parallel with the index plate andhaving a hand or indicator to move over the index plate, a connectionbetween the sliding frame and the type bar whereby both will slidetogether, a handled bell crank lever pivoted on the sliding frame andadapted to engage the swinging frame, the lever having knife-edgedportions on its upper and lower arms to engage stationary racks, and akey-operated oscillating guide bar connected with the type bar andadapted to turn the same, substantially as described.

3. A typewriter, comprising a stationary frame, a swinging framejournaled thereon, a swinging yoke arranged above the swinging frame andadapted to swing at right angles to IIO the frame, a connection betweenthe frame and yoke whereby the two will move in unison, a type rodcarried by the yoke, a type bar held to slide longitudinally on the rod,the type bar having rows of type thereon, and a slotted flange at oneend, a guide rod carried by the yoke and extending through the slot inthe flange, the guide rod having a crank at one end by which it isoscillated, a key'connected with the crank to turn the same, and aplaten arranged in the path of the type bar, all substantially asdescribed.

4. In a typewriter, the combination of the swinging and longitudinallymovable type bar, the frame for supporting it and the swinging frameadapted to operate the type bar, of an ink well carried by thestationary frame, an arm fulcrumed on the stationary frame and connectedwith theswinging frame whereby it is oscillated, and an inking rollerflexibly suspended on the arm and adapted by the movements of the frameto be carried between the well and type bar, substantially as described.

5. In a type Writing machine, the combination, with the printingmechanism actuated by a swinging frame of a movable platencarryingcarriage arranged at one side of the frame, a rack secured to thecarriage, a swinging lever actuated by the swinging frame, a tiltingshifting arm journaled at the free end of the lever and having studs toengage the carriage rack, and key-operated mechanism t'or throwingeither of the studs into engagement with the rack, substantially asdescribed.

6. In a typewriter, the combination of the movable carriage having arack thereon, printing mechanism adapted to print upon the carriageplaten, a swinging frame for actuating the printing mechanism, aswinging lever pivoted on a stationary support and actuated by theswinging frame, a shifting arm pivoted centrally on the free end of theswinging lever and having studs atit-s ends to engage the carriage rack,a sliding recessed plate having notches to alternately engage the studs,and a lever mechanism for sliding the plate, substantially as described.

7. In a typewriter, the combination of the movable platen-carryingcarriage, a rack secured longitudinally to the carriage, a swingingspring-repressed lever held parallel with the carriage rack, a shiftingarm pivoted centrally on the free end of the lever and having studs atits ends to engage the rack, a recessed sliding plate having notches atopposite ends of the recess to alternately engage the studs, andswinging key levers arranged to move the swinging lever and adapted toalso operate the slide plate so as to bring the notches and studs intoengagement, substantiallyqas described.

ALFRED N. HEINE. \VILLIAM K. H. \VOERNER.

Witnesses:

J. W. THARLING, H. WILDE.

